Posted on 04/27/2011 8:28:24 AM PDT by dynachrome
Satellite navigation system maker TomTom indirectly sells details of motorists’ driving behaviour to the police for use in determining where speed traps should be placed, the AD reports on Wednesday.
Almost half the country’s police forces use this method of deciding where to put cameras and speed checks, the paper says.
The company’s terms and conditions make it clear that information gleaned from the sat nav systems can be sold to other companies. TomTom sells the information to an intermediary which in turn sells it on to the police.
A spokesman for TomTom told the Telegraaf the company was unaware what the information was being used for. 'This is a bit of an unpleasant surprise. We did not know,' the spokesman said. 'We have to decide what we think about this.'
TomTom issued a profit warning on Wednesday following disappointing sales of its satnav systems in the US.
The company booked net profit of €11m in the first three months of this year on sales down 1.1% at €265m.
I would NEVER advocate for people to let their emotions get away from themselves.
http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso2.htm
But sometimes people just don’t listen to me and do things on their own that help out their fellow man with random acts of kindness.
LOL The Brits put them within easy reach. Here, I see cameras on the traffic signals. Harder to mess with.
A much more important question to pursue than whether Android and Apple are having their phones record the general whereabouts of the user.
so going a little fast is an evil crime
but you can by drugs and frequent whores there legally.
Apple claims they are changing the tracking inherent in their system:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2711210/posts
Well, the police tell you that if a criminal act takes place, it is best to cooperate or not get involved.
Where does Tom-Tom get the information from? I have a Tom-Tom (and I drive past their U.S. Headquarters every day). Even if you connect your receiver to the internet, I suspect that all they can get is your home location and “favorites”. Does it log times when you exceed the speed limit and where? A good part of my commute is on Route 2 in Massachusetts, where driving the speed limit is an invitation to get rear ended. (I was driving like 15+ over the speed limit with a State Trooper in a marked vehicle on my tail and he swerved around me and gave me that disgusted look I get from the Yuppies in Beamers.)
18volt sabresaw cut the cord on the camera.
If you can clear out your travel logs somehow, I’d do it daily.
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